A Follow-up Study of a Successful Assistive Technology for Children with ADHD and Their Families

TY - GEN

T1 - A Follow-up Study of a Successful Assistive Technology for Children with ADHD and Their Families

AU - Sonne, Tobias

AU - Marshall, Paul

AU - Müller, Jörg

AU - Obel, Carsten

AU - Grønbæk, Kaj

N1 - Conference code: 15

PY - 2016/6/21

Y1 - 2016/6/21

N2 - Little research on assistive technologies for families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has investigated the long-term impact, after the assistive technology is returned to the researchers. In this paper, we report the outcomes of a follow-up study, conducted four-weeks after a field study of 13 children with ADHD and their families who used an assistive technology designed to help establish and change family practices. We show that some of the positive effects on parent frustration level and conflict level around morning and bedtime routines that we observed in the first phase of the study, continued even after the study period, when the technology was no longer available. We furthermore present insights into family practices in families of children with ADHD and how these could lead to unexpected challenges and implications related to the adoption, use, and outcome of the assistive technology.

AB - Little research on assistive technologies for families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has investigated the long-term impact, after the assistive technology is returned to the researchers. In this paper, we report the outcomes of a follow-up study, conducted four-weeks after a field study of 13 children with ADHD and their families who used an assistive technology designed to help establish and change family practices. We show that some of the positive effects on parent frustration level and conflict level around morning and bedtime routines that we observed in the first phase of the study, continued even after the study period, when the technology was no longer available. We furthermore present insights into family practices in families of children with ADHD and how these could lead to unexpected challenges and implications related to the adoption, use, and outcome of the assistive technology.

KW - Children

KW - Follow-up study

KW - assistive technology

KW - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

KW - evaluation

KW - family practices

KW - sleep

KW - study design

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84985998206&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1145/2930674.2930704

DO - 10.1145/2930674.2930704

M3 - Article in proceedings

SP - 400

EP - 407

BT - Proceedings of IDC 2016 - The 15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

CY - New York, NY, USA

T2 - IDC '16 Proceedings of the The 15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Y2 - 20 June 2016 through 24 June 2016

ER -